Improvement in button-fastenings



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Patented July 14, 1874.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O FIon.

SIGMOND GOGE, OF BROOKLYN, NEYV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTON-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,945., dated July14,1874; application filed May 20, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIGMOND Goon, of Brooklyn, county of Kings and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFur-Fastening, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a ball, hook, button, and button-fastening for furs or othergarments, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whichFigure l is a front view of my invention applied to a garment. Fig. 2 isan inside view of the garment, showing the button-fastenin g. Figs. 3,4, and 5 show the button-mold.

A represents a ball or mold, which is made with a hole running throughthe center. A cord or chain, 13, with a knob or stay on one end, isdrawn through the hole from the larger end, thus fastening and hidingitself inside of the ball, and securing one end of the chain or cord.The other end of the cord or chain B is fastened to a loop or eye, I),attached to the button O, fastened to one side of the garment, and tothe button on the opposite side is attached a reversed hook, (I, toreceive the ball in a downward hanging position. The button 0 isprovided with a rise or shoulder, f, on the inside, through which twoholes are made, running parallel at a suitable distance from each other.Through these holes are passed the ends of a wire, h, the wire havingbeen bent to form the hook (I and eye or loop b, 011 one side of thebutton, the ends of the wire being clinched on the opposite side of thebutton, as shown in Fig. 3, making the button and hook one substantialarticle. Through the same holes are passed two or more small flexiblewires, t i, which are bent down on both sides of the button, and thenpassed through the garment from the outside, they passing also through ametal plate, D, on the inside of the garment, after which they areclinched or twisted in any suitable manner on the inside, making itsteady and secure, and not liable to slip out. Should by any meanseither of these wires be broken, another can easily be inserted byanybody.

With this device the button is fastened in four or more places to thegarment, and can, therefore, not tear or injure the garment, and onlyneeds pin or needle holes for the wires to pass through to fasten to thegarment.

This fastening is especially advantageous for fur articles, as it hasalways been very tedious to sew buttons on such goods, and at the sametime always injuring or defacing the fur around the spots upon whichthey are sewed. Buttons sewed on seldom stay on for any length of time,as the hair has an elastic tendency to loosen the button if not properlysecured.

With my improvement the button can be applied to the most tender feltedskin without injuring it, but securing the button from tearingoif, andthe button can be taken off from one article and put on another withoutleaving a mark on the spot from which it is taken off.

.The ball A, as well as the button 0 may be covered in any desiredmanner with any suitable material.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The button 0, provided with the perforated shoulder f, in combinationwith the wire h, passing through said perforations, forming the hook (Zand eye I) on one side, and clinched on the other side of the button,substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination of the button 0, provided with the perforatedshoulder f, the wires i 2', passing through the same, and the plate D,all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I hereuntoaffix my signature this 16th day of May, 1874.

SIGD. GOGE.

\Vitnesses:

\VM. H. Pos'r, RoBT. Goon.

